136 ANATID^. 



only to immature birds, as ia the original description of Philippi 

 and Landbeck the upper tail-coverts and lateral rectrices are said 

 to be white. A specimen in the Turin Museum, evideutlj^ moult- 

 ing, received from Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck, has the upper 

 tail-coverts partly black and partly white. 



Young male. The black bands are more numerous, both on the 

 back and lower parts, but not so well-defined as in the adult bird ; 

 the specixlum is blackish, with no green lustre (Mus. Taui-in.). 



Hah. Central and Southern Chili, and also Magellan Straits ; 

 Southern Argentine liepublic ; breeds on the Lakes of the Chilian 

 Cordilleras. 



II. S ad. St. Chili. 



i. cJad. sk. Ch\\\ {Lerjhold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c, f [ c? ] 2 Chili {Reed). Purchased. 



imui. sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Chili {Reed). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. $ ad. sk. Santiago, Chili (Weisshaiqjt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



//. cJ imm. st. Straits of Magellan. Zool. Soc. (Type of 



Anser inornatus, King.) 



5. Chloephaga rubidiceps. 



Chloephaga poliocephala, part., G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. iii. 



p. 127, specim. e, r/, e (1844). 

 Beruicla inornata, G. R. Gr. {nee King) Zool. Voy. Ereh. ^ Terror, 



Birds, pi. 24 {nee Gen. of B., neque Kinc/) (1846) ; Rchnb. Syn. Av., 



Natatores, t. 98. f. 947 {ex Voy. Br eh. ^ Terr.) (18—?); Scl. 



Guide to Gard. Z. 8. ed. 6 & 6, p. 16. 

 Chloepliaga rubidiceps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 387, 415, pi. clxxiii. 



(Falkland Islands), 1861, p. 46; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 158 (Falk- 

 land Islands) ; Sclat. Ibis, 1864, p. 123 ; id. P. Z. ,S'. 1869, p. 629 ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 77, n. 10590 (1871) ; Sclat. List Vert. 



An. Z. S. 1872, p. 245; Sclat. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. 



p. 128, U.4 (1873) ; Sharpe, Zool. Ereb.Sf Terror, Birds, p. 37 (1875). 

 Anser rubidiceps, Sclilef/. Mm. P.-B., Anseres, p. 102 (1866) ; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn.i. p.373('l872). 

 Chloephaga rubiniceps {errore), Eyt. Syn. Anat. p. 26 (1869). 

 Chloetrophus rubidiceps, Bann. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1870, p. 131. 

 Bernicla rubidiceps, Sclat. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 367 ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1880, p. 603 ; id. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 422, n. 963 



(1883) ; Montluz. Bull. Soc. Acclim. 1886, p. 162 ; Burm. Anal. 



Mus. Nae. Buen. Aires, iii. p. 247 (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 61 (1889) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 472 (breeding). 

 Anser (Brenthus) rubidiceps, Rchmv. Orn. Centralhl. 1882, p. 36; 



id. Vog. zool. Giirt. p. 64. 

 Bernicla (Chloephaga) rubidiceps. Oust. 3Iiss. Sc. Cap Horn, Ois. 



p. 312 (1891). 



Adult male. Head, upper part of the neck, middle of the 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts of a cinnamon colour ; lower part 

 of the neck, mantle, breast, sides, and flanks rufous, banded with 

 black ; rump and upper tail-coverts glossy black ; smaller and 

 median upper wing-coverts and under wing-coverts white ; greater 



